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$50,000 reward offered in N.H. man's killing in Norwich
By Greg Smith
The Norwich (CT) Bulletin

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Norwich, Conn. - The governor's office has authorized a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the beating death of a New Hampshire author at his Norwich rental property.

Norwich police, in conjunction with state police, Wednesday released fliers seeking leads in the death of Eugene Mallove, 56, who was found dead May 14, 2004, on the lawn of his rental home at 119 Salem Turnpike. Mallove lived in Pembroke, N.H. He was president of the Concord, N.H.-based New Energy Institute and editor-in-chief of its magazine, Infinite Energy.

"This is an effort to try and shake loose information," Norwich Police Chief Louis J. Fusaro said. "We're committed to solving this case - that's the bottom line."

Police thought they had their suspects, arresting Gary McAvoy and Joseph Reilly in the summer of 2005 on the charge of felony murder.

The charges were dropped in November, however, after prosecutors announced they did not have enough evidence to take the case to trial or even support holding the men. Prosecutors had not been able to link the men to the crime scene through DNA evidence.

In the aftermath of the setback, Norwich detectives joined with state police and investigators from the New London County state's attorney's office to form the Mallove Homicide Task Force.

Fusaro said his detective division is now working on the case "full time." Police are actively working leads, but need additional facts to move the case forward, he said.

"We're all committed to solving this," he said.

State records show McAvoy remains behind bars on unrelated charges. Reilly, who was also serving an unrelated prison sentence while his murder case was pending, is not listed as an inmate at a Department of Correction facility.

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